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Best bullet for coyotes outta my .243?
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<blockquote data-quote="elmerkeithclone" data-source="post: 1397416" data-attributes="member: 104345"><p>I have had my best luck calling in the Minot/Velva ND area. My son lived on a farm south of Minot for several years when he was an insurance claims adjuster for that area. I loved it up there. Tons of pheasants and we even jumped a big bull moose out of a coulee. The thing that I like most was the vast open space where you could get at a vantage point and see for miles.</p><p></p><p>We were up there for a visit and I was bored stiff one evening and the sky was clear and there was a good moon for howling so I grabbed my son's AR15 and headed over the hill to one of those windbreaks that still had a patch of sunflower seeds next to it. I didn't even have any whites with me and my son's whites were in his truck in town. I put on as many warm clothes as I could find(top layer even smelled like businessman perfume) and grabbed his mouth call and out the door I went. Once I got to the end of the windbreak I could see for a long way. I settled in and waited quietly for about 15 minutes and then let loose with a lone howl and to be right honest I was not at all used to that reed call so the alpha coyote in the area probably thought that sick son of a gun needs a butt whoopin. Within minutes I had three of them closing the distance and the front one was big and coming hard. He was quartering to me and I kept thinking he is going to smell this stinky coat any second and do an about face. I had the Rock River Predator Pursuit laying across a downed tree and was swinging on him when he slammed on the brakes and looked right at me at a distance of about 100 yards. The trigger broke and he started spinning in a circle biting at what ever had just bitten him. One of the other two ran right past the spinning coyote and into the small patch of sunflowers(I think it was a wet spot where they couldn't get during harvest). The other did an about face and ran straight away. You know those shots where they are running straight away on a flat plain and they look like a still target. I hit him right where his tail hooked on and heard that distinct kerwhop! It's funny how that sorta thing can make a fella warm right up on a brisk night.</p><p></p><p>The hard part of calling in this part of the world is that we have one mile sections with a road going east and west and north and south every mile. It is hard to get a coyote to cross a road when coming to a call. This part of the world is getting more densely populated all of the time. Gunshots at night are not always welcomed and there are few places where you are going to be out of earshot of someone. I am really thinking about getting a suppressor just for that reason. That is a lot of money to invest for an old man getting close to the end of his run. A generation 4 night scope would be nice to but not sure that I can justify that expense either.</p><p></p><p>It is what it is but I am open to any advice that will put song dogs within range as it's about my favorite old man thing to do!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elmerkeithclone, post: 1397416, member: 104345"] I have had my best luck calling in the Minot/Velva ND area. My son lived on a farm south of Minot for several years when he was an insurance claims adjuster for that area. I loved it up there. Tons of pheasants and we even jumped a big bull moose out of a coulee. The thing that I like most was the vast open space where you could get at a vantage point and see for miles. We were up there for a visit and I was bored stiff one evening and the sky was clear and there was a good moon for howling so I grabbed my son's AR15 and headed over the hill to one of those windbreaks that still had a patch of sunflower seeds next to it. I didn't even have any whites with me and my son's whites were in his truck in town. I put on as many warm clothes as I could find(top layer even smelled like businessman perfume) and grabbed his mouth call and out the door I went. Once I got to the end of the windbreak I could see for a long way. I settled in and waited quietly for about 15 minutes and then let loose with a lone howl and to be right honest I was not at all used to that reed call so the alpha coyote in the area probably thought that sick son of a gun needs a butt whoopin. Within minutes I had three of them closing the distance and the front one was big and coming hard. He was quartering to me and I kept thinking he is going to smell this stinky coat any second and do an about face. I had the Rock River Predator Pursuit laying across a downed tree and was swinging on him when he slammed on the brakes and looked right at me at a distance of about 100 yards. The trigger broke and he started spinning in a circle biting at what ever had just bitten him. One of the other two ran right past the spinning coyote and into the small patch of sunflowers(I think it was a wet spot where they couldn't get during harvest). The other did an about face and ran straight away. You know those shots where they are running straight away on a flat plain and they look like a still target. I hit him right where his tail hooked on and heard that distinct kerwhop! It's funny how that sorta thing can make a fella warm right up on a brisk night. The hard part of calling in this part of the world is that we have one mile sections with a road going east and west and north and south every mile. It is hard to get a coyote to cross a road when coming to a call. This part of the world is getting more densely populated all of the time. Gunshots at night are not always welcomed and there are few places where you are going to be out of earshot of someone. I am really thinking about getting a suppressor just for that reason. That is a lot of money to invest for an old man getting close to the end of his run. A generation 4 night scope would be nice to but not sure that I can justify that expense either. It is what it is but I am open to any advice that will put song dogs within range as it's about my favorite old man thing to do! [/QUOTE]
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